Search Results for: Vontaze Burfict
Compensatory Draft Period Nears Its End
For weeks many notable free agents have sat on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity and that opportunity may present itself now that the draft is complete. For one the completion of the draft now let’s teams know what positions they failed to land a potential starter or backup at and where they will need […]
CBA Suggestion Number 1: Reducing the Length of Rookie Contracts to Two Years
While there is a focus on guaranteed contracts in the NFL the reality is that chasing guaranteed contracts is chasing fool’s gold. While it is nice in theory to say that teams should honor these long contracts the fact is deals we see and read about are often made to make agents happy and to […]
Voiding of Guarantees
The contract stalemates between Sam Darnold and the Jets and Roquan Smith of the Bears have certainly been discussed a lot in recent days as neither was signed at the start of training camp. Darnold’s contract issue has been resolved and he is now practicing with the Jets while Smith is still unsigned in Chicago. […]
2016 Cap Analytics: Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals are one of only two teams (the Seahawks are the other) with no players who can be considered more likely to be released than not, and as a result the team has the lowest expected change in salary cap room in the entire league. Further, the team’s 4th place ranking in True Cap […]
Backloading Contracts and Mortgaging the Future
When teams sign a player to a certain contract value they have a general expectation of return based on that salary figure. The salary cap numbers, however, can be manipulated pretty easily as some teams will create an incredibly low cap figure early in a contract only to see that contract explode in later years […]
Expected Contract Value 2.0: 2016 Expected Outcomes
The following table displays the likelihood of each player with a salary cap number of $2 million or more remaining under contract for 2016, as calculated by Expected Contract Value 2.0. Pay cuts and retirements are considered releases for purposes of Expected Contract Value. Players subject to 5th year team options of rookie contracts are not […]